Miller Value Partners recently released its Q2 2020 Investor Letter, a copy of which you can download here. The Opportunity Equity Fund posted a return of 47.02% for the quarter (net of fees), outperforming its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index which returned 20.54% in the same quarter. You should check out Miller Value Partners’ top 5 stock picks for investors to buy right now, which could be the biggest winners of the stock market crash.
In the said letter, Miller Value Partners highlighted a few stocks and Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) is one of them. Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) is an online luxury fashion retail platform. Year-to-date, Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) stock gained 106.5% and on July 24th it had a closing price of $21.37. Here is what Miller Value Partners’ said:
“Farfetch Ltd (FTCH) gained 118.6% over the quarter as the company saw better than expected demand on their luxury platform. The company reported 1Q gross merchandise value (GMV) growth of 46% on the high-end of their prior guidance of 43-46% with revenue of $331M beating consensus of $313M with Earnings before income, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of -$22.3M ahead of consensus of -$27M. The company reported active customer growth of 27% to 2.15M, but they saw a lower average order size of $571. The company removed full-year guidance but noted that they expect to see year-over-year (YoY) growth in 2Q. Later in the period, the company moved higher after releasing new guidance that was above expectations. The company guided for GMV in 2Q of $605-630M versus consensus at $488M, representing 25-30% YoY growth with adjusted EBITDA improving YoY (2Q19 EBITDA was -$38M) versus consensus estimating -$46M. The company reiterated that they plan to be EBITDA profitable for the full year 2021.”
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In Q1 2020, the number of bullish hedge fund positions on Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) stock decreased by about 19% from the previous quarter (see the chart here), so a number of other hedge fund managers don’t seem to agree with Farfetch’s growth potential. Our calculations showed that Farfetch Ltd (NYSE:FTCH) isn’t ranked among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds.
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